A hot summer in a small town of Santa Cruz, an old man is walking around with his sack of trash and a bottle of water. “Look at that old man I’m sure he’s a burglar”, says a woman talking to another woman from a far. “We should go I don’t want to let him steal my purse, I just got my money from my husband.”, says the other woman staring at the old man with judgement while walking away from him.

The old man became tired of walking and sat down in front of a light post. A kid suddenly came out from a small house holding a bowl of rice and fish. The kid came up to the old man and offered the food,”Manong here’s some food take it po.” “Keep it anak your family needs it more than I do.”,the old man responded while drinking his bottle of water. The kid rushed back to his house with a sad face, wanting to help the old man.

As the sun sets and the moon rises, the old man sat down by the light post because of hunger and exhaustion. The old man reached on his sack and found a ripped photo of a woman. Long hair and beautiful, the old man kissed the photo, “I miss you Naly my love, I’ll see you in another life.” The old man says as he pit down his hand and the photo. As more time went by the unbearable hunger is striking the old man. His breath are getting slower and slower, his body is going...